I have a photo from the 1960s which has a shop in the background which looks like Hepworths.
Was there a Hepworths in Stamford?
If not, where was the nearest.

I will post the photo if someone can explain how to do it. The photo is of a Talbot car which originally belonged to Parish's.

Regards,

Richard.j
Hi Richard. To send the photo send to me
kate@ancestorgateway.com
I'm not sure if my email kate@stamfordtown.net is working properly.
Anyway, send the photo from your computer in an email by clicking on send email. Hope you manage it. Look forward to receiving at this end.

Richard I think there may have been a Hepworths in the old Woodhouse building in the 1970s or 80s. You mentioned a Talbot car, although there were pre-war Talbots and their successors, Sunbeam-Talbots, the Talbot name was not used between 1954 and 1979.

According to Ken Ford's "Who Traded Where" there was a Hepworths on the corner of Ironmonger Street and High Street between 1922 and 1950 when Hill's china shop took over and that was definitely there in 1957/8 as I remember going in there with my mother. The tailor's shop I thought was Hepworths in the old Woodhouse building was Burton's.

According to Ken Ford's "Who Traded Where" there was a Hepworths on the corner of Ironmonger Street and High Street between 1922 and 1950 when Hill's china shop took over and that was definitely there in 1957/8 as I remember going in there with my mother. The tailor's shop I thought was Hepworths in the old Woodhouse building was Burton's.

Roger, Hepworth's had a shop in the High St from the mid 70's. You may recall the huge fire at Woodhouse the furniture store, after the fire the building was rebuilt internally, keeping the old stone front. As part of the rebuild two new shops were created fronting the High St, one was Hepworths the other Paige ladies store. The whole block in earlier years was Oates & Musson's a well known store that fronted the High St & included the corner of Ironmonger Street.After Oates & Musson's closed the corner became Hill's pot shop. In turn the corner became Stead & Simpson's shoes.

Opposite Hepworths on the corner of Ironmonger Street was Victor Bright's toyshop before and during the early weeks of the war. I remember my mother buying me a green painted metal crane for my birthday from him, a genial and friendly character. Someone told me he shut up shop as he had been called up into the forces.